Railroad-car stove



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Patented'Apr. 18, 1898.

(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2. M. E. 000K. RAILROAD GAR STOVE.

No. 495,880. Patented Apr. 18, 1893.

WHEZSSZS Hz NORRIS PETERS 00., PHOTO-LITHD.. WASHINGTON, a c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY E. COOK, OF AMITY, OREGON.

RAILROAD-CAR STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,880, datedApril 18,1893.

Application filed May 20, 1892. Serial No. 433,719. (No model.)

' T aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY ELLEN COOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Amity,- in the county of Yam Hill and State of Oregon, haveinvented a new and useful Railroad- Oar Stove, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stoves; and particularly to thatclass known as railroad-stoves, and employed in coaches.

The objects of my invention are to provide a stove that is soconstructed as to remain securely closed and prevented from rolling whena coach becomes wrecked and thus avoid setting fire to the coach orburning the passengers by reason thereof.

Various other objects and advantages of my invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stoveconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is averticallongitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line3-3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 44, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 isa similar view on line 5-5 of said Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 designates the cylindrical stove-body, in which is located a grate 2,below which an ash-pit 3 is formed. A draweret is located in an openingformed in the wall of the stove, and extends into the ash-pit. Thisdrawer is provided with a series of draft-holes 5 in its front end, andthey may be opened and closed by means of a slide 6, after the ordinarymanner. The front end-wall of the drawer is larger than the opening inwhich the drawer is located, and consequently extends over the edgesthereof, and the said drawer is locked against accidental removal by apivoted button 8, secured to the wall of the stove.

Above the grate or fire-pot of the stove, a fuel-opening 9 is formed,and to one side of the same there is hinged at 11 a door 12. The door isslotted, and receives a button 18, which is secured to a sliding bolt14, located upon the inner side of the door, and adapted to be engagedwith the opposite end of the opening, whereby the door is prevented fromaccidental opening. A frame 15 of inverted L-shape encircles the doorand opening covered thereby, and projects nearly to the top of thestove, or some distance above the door and its opening. The oppositesides of this frame constitute guides or ways, and receive the oppositeedges of a vertically-sliding transverselycurved outer door 16. The door16 is provided near its lower edge with a transverse series ofdraft-openings 17 and above the same with a slot 18, in which a button19 is mounted for movement, said button being secured to a perforatedslide 20, adapted to open and close the draft-opening. Above thedraft-openings, or near the upper end of the bar, a pair of short slots21 are formed therein, and in each slot a button 22 is designed toslide, each button being mounted on a sliding bolt 23, arranged withinthe door. The door may be slid down the ways or sides of the frame 15,so as to cover the door 12, and may be locked in such position by thelateral movement of its bolts, which engage with openings 24, formed inthe sides of the the door 12, and locked at this point by a frame 15, orsaid door may be elevated above movement of its bolts into similar slots25, located in the frame 15, near the upper end of the latter. A flange26 is located at the upper edge of the outer door, and a weighted latch27 is pivoted at 28 above the frame 15, and adapted to automaticallyengage with the flange of the door, whereby the latter may betemporarily held above the door 12.

26 designates the chimney or pipe, and the same is connected by aninclined portion 27 to the upper rear corner of the stove. This pipe issecured rigidly and inseparably to the upper end of the stove, so thatit cannot be wrenched off in case of an accident; and furthermore torender it still safer, is preferably formed of soft iron, so that itwill bend and twist before separating. In the pipe above the stove adamper 28, of ordinary construction, is pivoted; the same being used toregulate the draft. A rotatable damper or cut-off 29 is mounted in thepipe, a short distance above the stove, and the same serves its usualfunction. The top of the stove is provided with a slot 32, and in thesame a slide 33 is mounted, the same being fastened to a sliding damper34, which should the stove fall upon its back or rear side, would moveby gravity over the inner or lower side of the pipe. In the portion 27'of the pipe there is loosely pivoted or hinged as at 35 a damper 36,which should thestove become inverted or fall upon its front so that thesliding damper should not operate, would operate, or fall by gravityover the opening at the lower end of the pipe.

At intervals the bottom and top edges of the side-walls of thestove-have secured thereto V-shaped metal blocks or legs 37, and thesamehave their angular portions pointing outward. In whichever positionthe stove might be thrown, these blocks will actaslegs or supports, andprevent the stove from rolling about upon passengers within the coachand they will also support it sufliciently above the woodwork to preventany ignition.

The stove is preferably surrounded by a wire framework, the sameconsisting ot' a series of encircling rings 38, arranged at suitabledistances apart, the upper ring being above the stove and connected bytransverse brace-bars 89, which rest upon the upper series of angularlegs. The entire series of rings are connected by vertical bars 40,which reach from ceiling or roof of coach to the floor, and terminate ineyes 4.], through which screws are passed into the roof and floor. Shortvertical bars -12 connect the rings at opposite sides of the doors, andto one of these is hinged as at 43 a wire door 44, which formssubstantial continuations of the two intermediate rings. This wire dooris engaged by a pivoted hasp 45, also formed of wire, and looselyconnected with one of the aforesaid short vertical wires 42. The freeend of the hasp after'having been passed through the door and over thesame, being sprung into engagement with the vertical lever 46, which issecured at its lower end to the base of the stove, is formed ofspring-wire and provided with an offset or kink 47, for engaging thehasp; or any other means may be employed for securing the wire door inposition.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the wire framesconstitute a guard around the stove, thus preventing any accident byfalling against the stove, or by the stove being thrown against woodworkor other inflammable material; furthermore that the doors are allsecured against accidental opening; that the pipe-opening is soprotected as to be automatically closed the instant the stove assumesanything but a vertical position, and finally that by the angular legswhich act as anchors in case the stove is upset, said stove is preventedfrom rolling and tumbling about, and is supported above the floor orother woodwork, whereby early ignition of the parts is prevented.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The stove having thefuel-opening combined with the series of rings encircling the stove, thebars connecting the rings at opposite sides of the opening in the stove,a wire door hinged to one of the bars, a hasp hinged to the opposite barand passed through and around the door, and a spring-lever having anoffset adapted to engage the free end of the hasp and secured to thebase of the stove, substantially as specified.

2. The stove, having the fuel-opening and the hinged door provided withsuitable fastening-means, combined with the opposite ways at the sidesof the opening, said ways having opposite openings at the sides of thehinged door and above the same, a sliding door mounted in the ways andprovided with slots, bolts in rear of the slots, buttons in the slotsand secured to the bolts, the latter being adapted to engage theopenings in the ways, the flange at the upper end of the sliding door,and the pivoted gravity-latch above the ways for engaging the flan ge,substantially as specified.

3. The stove having the fuel-opening and the hinged door provided withsuitable fastening-means, combined with the opposite ways at the sidesof the opening, said ways having opposite openings at the sides of thehinged door and above the same, a sliding door mounted in the ways andprovided with slots, bolts in rear of the slots, buttons in the slotsand secured to the bolts, the latter being adapted to engage theopenings in the ways, substantially as specified.

4. In a stove, the body having the slot in its upper side or roof, andthe opening at the end of the slot, combined with the stove-pipe securedover the opening, and having a damper, hinged loosely to the rear sideof the opening, of a lug mounted loosely in the slot and a slidingdamper secured to the lug, whereby the hinged damper closes the openingwhen the stove falls forward, and the sliding damper performs a similarfunction when the stove falls backward, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARY E. COOK.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. LIKENS, F. B. FERGUSON.

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